[Long-term survival of patients with acute myocardial infarction in Iceland].

Introduction: Despite the decreasing incidence rate of acute coronary syndromes worldwide, the incidence of NSTEMI (Non- ST elevation myocardial infarction) has increased relative to STEMI (ST elevation myocardial infarction). The aim of this study was to compare long-term survival rates of NSTEMI and STEMI patients and to explore the effects of risk factors on survival.

Material And Methods: All patients hospitaized for acute myocardial infarction at Landspitali University Hospital during the calendar year of 2006 were included in the study.

Multicolor microRNA FISH effectively differentiates tumor types.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are excellent tumor biomarkers because of their cell-type specificity and abundance. However, many miRNA detection methods, such as real-time PCR, obliterate valuable visuospatial information in tissue samples. To enable miRNA visualization in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues, we developed multicolor miRNA FISH.

[The physician and physicist C.G. Kratzenstein's work and research in St. Petersburg 1748-53].

Through introduction from Leonhard Euler the young Halle-scientist C.G. Kratzenstein (1723-95) - famous for his investigations concerning electricity and its physical-therapeutic effect - obtains appointment as member of the St.

[Jacques-Benigne Winsløw and his original research on the mobility and function of the spine].

It was not until the time of the anatomist Vesal (1514-64) that the function of the spinal facet-joints was understood. First with the effective anatomical studies of the Danish anatomist J.B.